US Army to get Iron Man suit for troops in just four years

Well isn't this interesting. Iron Man suits for soldiers. And with a timeframe of 4 years?
I can only imagine that this is some black project that's been in use for years and is just now going to come to light.

Either way you slice it this is some very cool news.

This is not the first time that the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has talked about their desire to get a real
life version of Iron Man's suit for soldiers, but now it's giving a very specific timeframe: "The goal is to have a contract in place by next fall and
have suits ready for full field testing in about four years."

While the Army's Iron Man suit—officially called Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS)—will not have flying capability, little missiles, or
repulsors, the feature list is still extremely impressive.

RDECOM wants TALOS to have ballistic and shock protection—using an armor that will get from flexible soft surface to hard metal solid, capable of
repelling ammo when applying an electric current. Oh, and fire-retardant capability. The Army also wants the suit to "store and release energy to
prevent injuries and increase performance."

Oh and this is crazy.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are currently developing armor made from magnetorheological fluids—liquid body
armor—that transforms from liquid to solid in milliseconds when a magnetic field or electrical current is applied. Though still in development, this
technology will likely be submitted to support TALOS.

I wanna see some tech spec's, man. But then, it's the army, probably wont see any specifics for a long time.

Pretty neat though, I've been following this off and on for several years now. From what I remember, the biggest obstacle to overcome was a power
source. I wonder what they are going to use or "suddenly develop"?

And that CG... Did the Army hire North Korea to make that video? Terrible (teaser?) demo.

I had to laugh. Not so much at the CG, but the fact
that he busts into a empty room full of AK47's to stand there and get shot.

I've heard (from a source that I trust), that there has been a unit in Afghanistan trialing these exo-suits for the past few years. It is an active
unit and do engage, they apparently have a joint SF unit attached to them (UK & USA).

And people complain of the present costs of the Military. Wait till they order twenty thousand of these puppies. I suppose the government will cut
the benefits of the soldiers when they get these things to help pay for them.

I can imagine the cost of these things. What company is benefiting from this the most and how much do they give to campaign contributions. How much
stock in these companies do congressmen or their families have? I could ask a lot of questions that will never get an answer for.

I sense that one day soon we will have genetic modified soldiers and armor for them one day. DARPA must a had some halo fans in its ranks. One day we
might not even have volunteers for military service but clones grew for that purpose alone.

Well isn't this interesting. Iron Man suits for soldiers. And with a timeframe of 4 years?
I can only imagine that this is some black project that's been in use for years and is just now going to come to light.

Yes, it has been in the works for many years. In fact, I believe it was posted on this forum around 6 years ago or so. So not necessarily in the dark.
Shockingly.

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